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utility to detect other OSes on a set of drives

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general
  • source: os-prober (main)
  • version: 1.84
  • maintainer: Debian Install System Team (archive) (DMD)
  • uploaders: Colin Watson [DMD] – Steve McIntyre [DMD]
  • arch: any
  • std-ver: 3.9.4
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 1.79
  • oldstable: 1.81
  • stable: 1.83
  • testing: 1.84
  • unstable: 1.84
versioned links
  • 1.79: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1.81: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1.83: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1.84: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • os-prober (115 bugs: 0, 95, 20, 0)
  • os-prober-udeb
action needed
Standards version of the package is outdated. high
The package is severely out of date with respect to the Debian Policy. The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 3.9.4).
Created: 2014-08-18 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01
version in VCS is newer than in repository, is it time to upload? normal
vcswatch reports that this package seems to have a new changelog entry (version 1.85, distribution UNRELEASED) and new commits in its VCS. You should consider whether it's time to make an upload.

Here are the relevant commit messages:
commit 46eb64cc396ce58214f72464303b423072a7f700
Author: Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Date:   Thu Jul 30 13:05:22 2026 +0200

    Make grep call for finding /boot/efi/EFI locale-independent (add 'LC_ALL=C')


https://salsa.debian.org/api/v4/projects/installer-team%2Fos-prober API request failed: 401 Unauthorized at /srv/qa.debian.org/data/vcswatch/vcswatch line 410.
Created: 2026-07-30 Last update: 2026-07-30 11:32
1 bug tagged help in the BTS normal
The BTS contains 1 bug tagged help, please consider helping the maintainer in dealing with it.
Created: 2019-03-21 Last update: 2026-07-30 11:00
19 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 19 bugs (20 if counting merged bugs), consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-07-30 11:00
lintian reports 2 warnings normal
Lintian reports 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2026-01-16 Last update: 2026-01-16 06:00
news
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  • [2025-12-01] os-prober 1.84 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-11-25] Accepted os-prober 1.84 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
  • [2024-09-02] os-prober 1.83 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-08-28] Accepted os-prober 1.83 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
  • [2024-06-12] os-prober 1.82 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-06-06] Accepted os-prober 1.82 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
  • [2022-07-23] os-prober 1.81 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-07-18] Accepted os-prober 1.81 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
  • [2022-06-01] os-prober 1.80 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2022-05-26] Accepted os-prober 1.80 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
  • [2021-07-23] os-prober 1.79 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-07-10] Accepted os-prober 1.79 (source) into unstable (Hideki Yamane) (signed by: Colin Watson)
  • [2021-01-26] os-prober 1.78 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-01-21] Accepted os-prober 1.78 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
  • [2018-12-29] os-prober 1.77 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2018-12-23] Accepted os-prober 1.77 (source) into unstable (Holger Wansing)
  • [2017-07-15] Accepted os-prober 1.76~deb9u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Cyril Brulebois)
  • [2017-07-15] Accepted os-prober 1.65+deb8u1 (source amd64) into oldstable-proposed-updates->oldstable-new, oldstable-proposed-updates (Cyril Brulebois)
  • [2017-07-03] os-prober 1.76 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2017-06-28] Accepted os-prober 1.76 (source i386) into unstable (Christian Perrier)
  • [2017-05-25] os-prober 1.75 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2017-05-01] Accepted os-prober 1.75 (source) into unstable (Ivo De Decker)
  • [2017-02-01] os-prober 1.74 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2017-01-31] Accepted os-prober 1.74 (source) into unstable (Cyril Brulebois)
  • [2017-01-27] os-prober 1.73 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2017-01-21] Accepted os-prober 1.73 (source i386) into unstable (Christian Perrier)
  • [2017-01-20] Accepted os-prober 1.72 (source) into unstable (Colin Watson)
  • [2016-02-06] os-prober 1.71 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2016-01-31] Accepted os-prober 1.71 (source i386) into unstable (Christian Perrier)
  • [2015-11-01] os-prober 1.70 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 114 116
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 95 96
  • M&W: 19 20
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 19 20
  • help: 1
links
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  • version: 1.84ubuntu1
  • patches for 1.84ubuntu1

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